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ULFA bans Bhujpuri body!

By AT News |

The United Liberation Front of Asom has banned a Bhujpuri student organization amid an escalating protest over the recent killing of a Tinsukia trader.
In a statement, the outfit has asked the common people to distance themselves from the Bhojpuri student leaders who have targeted the outfit bereft of any reason.
Accoridng to ULFA, the Bhujpuri student leaders have crossed the limit when they staged protest against the Tinsukia incident where gunmen killed a local trader and his daughter at Bijuliban area last week. 

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